Improved hasp-lock



dented gieten datent @time CORNELIUS WALSH, JAMES E'ooNNELLY, AND ALFREDRRATT, .oE NEW- ARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIcNoRS` ro ooRNELIUS WALSH.

Letters'Patent No. 98,212, dated Decemberl 21, 1869.

IMPRovED HAsP-Locri The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentandmaking part of the same.

-Ncture and Objects of the Invention,

The hasp may be attached to the trunk-lid in customary manner, and mayor may'lnot, as preferred, be provided with ahinge and withaspring forthrowing up the hasp when released. "The lower part of nur' hasp fitswithin a case of peculiar construction, attached to the body of thetrunk.

The lock is contained within the hasp, and has one, two, or more bolts,which, projecting in any one or more directions, engage within the case,so as to hold the hasp and case securely together.

. When unlocked, the hasp may slide vertically into and out of the case,(which may dispense with the necessity of a spring, or. even of ahinge,) or the hinged hasp maybe withdrawn from the case in the usualway.

The cutting away of the trunk, which is necessary with trunk-locks nowin use, to make room for the lock, projecting backward from the plate,weakens the trunk, and adds much to the cost of tting.

lVe entirely dispense with such cutting away, by constructing our hasp,lock, and case without any backward projection from the plate orlock-case.

In packing trunks for shipment, both the trunk and the lock are oftendamaged from the projection of the latter. This danger is entirelyavoided by the compact construction and ilat form of our lock and itscase.

General DescriptionI with Reference to the Drawings.

In the accompanying drawingsv Figure 1 is a front view of the hasp,lock, and lockcase or plate in position, with the cap of the lockremoved.

Figure 2 is a front view of the lock, with the yoke omitted and thebolts retracted.

Figure 3 represents a vertical section of the hasp,

lock, and case, in the plane indicated by the line :v x,

figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

The hasp here represented is made in two parts, a b, hinged together andprovided with a spring, g, according to the invention of CORNELIUSWALSH, for which he has applied for Letters Patent.

Any such spring to throw up the hasp, and the hinge itself, may, ifpreferred, be dispensed with in connection with our invention.

The lock, which is applied to the lever end of the hasp, may beconstructed, as in the present illustration, with one, two, or morebolts, O G, pivoted to studs c c, and operated through the medium of yayoke-plate, D,.which is actuated by a suitable key, works in aVrectilinear path on guides al da', and engages with studs c1, on armsprojecting from the backs ofthe bolts C.

c2 c2 are the holding-bits, which project from both sides of thelockwhen Vin their locked condition. A Bolts projecting from the bottomof the lock may be used in addition to, or instead of the side-bolts U,

and any or all of them may be of hook-form, so as, by an outwardand'forward movement, to engage with the case.

I is a tumbler, pivoted to the stud i, and. engaging in one of thenotches d* or d2, inthe yoke-plate D, to hold the latter iu the positioninto which it is thrown by the key in locking and unlocking.

The spring J, bearing against the heel of the tumbler, presses and holdsit into its position against the proper notch d1 ord2 of the yoke-plate,when it is released by the key.

The case Within which the hasp-lock fits may .he made in one, two, ormore pieces. In the present illustration it is constituted of onecasting, H, formed to fit the hasp, and with recesses h h, in proper'positions to receive the bolts C.

The recess which receives the hasp is covered at back by a iiat plate,H', which may be riveted to the cast-shell H. Y

The hasp is recessed for the reception of the lockworks, and adapted' toreceive said recess by forward (if any) enlargement, instead of abackward projection being employed for the purpose, as heretofore. The

-back of the cavseor socket is thus enabled to be flush with the surfaceto which applied, and any cutting away for its reception avoided. Theemployment of a rigid hasp, sliding edgewise into its case or socket, asproposed, is also thus facilitated.

Operation.

The-parts being in the position shown in fig. 1, theI key is introducedand turned from left tovright, as usual, for unlocking. A

The first effect isto press the tumbler out of the notch d, and\ the keythen engaging in the notch d3.

of the yoke-plate, draws it straight downward, which, by depressing theinner ends of the pivoted bolt's C C, withdraws them completely withinthe lock, and, at thesame time, the tumbler I being released by the key,springs into the notch d2, so as to hold the yokeplate in its depressedposition.

It will be apparent that no leverage can be exerted against theprojecting bits c2 c ofthe bolts, and hence they sustain but littlestrain, their office being only to prevent the lock from sliding out ofthe ease within or socket `for the reception and retention of the hasp,

which it is fitted in close cent-act. The projecting adapted to slideedgewise, one within the other, fu;` bits are supported by the Walls atthe precise points engagement, as herein represented and described.

where the pressure is sustained by Jchem, and ehere-` GORNELUS WALSH.fore do not require to be large or heavy in order to JAMES F. OONNELLY.s bear any possible strain. ALFRED BRATT.

Claim.

Witnesses We claim, as new- J. CLINTON WALSH,`

The hasp, containing the lock-works, and the case THOMAS NUGENT.

